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Is it daft to get married away from home but still in the UK?

There are some lovely venues within an hour, or less, and yet we are considering getting married in Scotland. None of the family live up there, most of us live within an hour of eachother locally.

We wanted to get married abroad but decided against it because there would be people who couldn't come. My OH mentioned Scotland on a whim and we both loved the idea, his family are from Edinburgh originally.

Please be honest. Would you go for it or stay local? (North Wales/ Cheshire)

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I would have liked to have got married in the Lake District but decided against it mainly because of cost (the venue was quite pricey compared to the hotel we've actually chosen). I think we felt it would have been a bit more difficult as we couldn't just pop to have a look at say, the crockery or where we might put flowers iyswim.

But, everyone get's at least a night away which makes it nice, especially if people are in the same hotel- you get to eat breakfast together! And beautiful photos!

We are getting married quite far away from where we live and I don't see anything wrong with it! My beloved wouldn't be happy getting married locally and I'm only concerned that the right people are there on the day.

I see it as a bit of a holiday for people, stay in a nice hotel for a day or 2 in a gorgeous area, it will be lovely.

Are you sure you're not me?! We live in Cheshire and are getting married in a castle just outside Edinburgh

Its a trek for everyone (my family live down south!), but it'll be worth it - a lovely little break for everyone and a gorgeous venue. Our suppliers have been very good so far about emailing us pictures etc, and Ive been very specific about my flowers - the exact flowers I want, so theres no confusion.

We live in Nottingham and got married in Scotland (Gretna Green) 4 weeks ago..

We didn't have a big wedding,there were 15 of us altogether and after the wedding me and DH both said we are so glad we went up to Scotland to do it,it was amazing!

Everyone else said what a great time they had to,and I think a few of them saw it as a mini holiday..Aslong as you give your guests plenty of time to book hotels etc I think most people would love the idea!

I really hope not. We live on London, but are getting married on somerset. Fell in love with our venue and its cheaper then being so close to London. Nothing wrong with it at all. If people want to come, and will travel an hour away, and most likely stay the night if they are drinking, they will travel that bit further!

We're sort of the other way round! We live in Cheshire (there seem to be a few of us!) and are getting married here (at Carden park) but all of my family live in Scotland! Originally i wanted to get married in the church in Edinburgh that my mum and dad, and auntie and uncle were married in, and i was christened in but looked at a few venues locally and felt completely right when we saw Carden Park. All my family will be travelling down to us but they're not put out by that, they're making long weekends out of it so i think they're quite looking forward to it too! X

My only thoughts would be "could those people i want to come afford it". We live in suffolk and there are some lovely places around here (ands its cheaper) but my family live in Kent and i know many would struggle to travel and pay. if thats not a problem then go for it. scotland would be lovely.

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